accomplishment

1 a successful result brought about by hard work our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover Synonyms of accomplishment achievement, acquirement, attainment, baby, coup, success, triumph Words Related to accomplishment blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner; conquest, gain, victory, win; skill; deed, feat, performance; arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization Phrases a feather in one's cap Near Antonyms of accomplishment botch, cock-up [British], mess, muddle, shambles; bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout; disappointment, letdown, loss, setback Antonyms of accomplishment nonachievement

2 the doing of an action your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated Synonyms of accomplishment commission, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuanceWords Related to accomplishment dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice (also practise)Antonyms of accomplishment nonfulfillment, nonperformance

3 the state of being actual or complete a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see Synonyms of accomplishment fruition, achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, consummation, fulfillment (or fulfilment), pass, realizationWords Related to accomplishment success, triumphNear Antonyms of accomplishment defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccessAntonyms of accomplishment naught (also nought), nonfulfillment

4 a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts what his wife lacked in traditional accomplishment she made up for with a great generosity of spirit Synonyms of accomplishment culture, civilization, couth, cultivation, polish, refinementWords Related to accomplishment education, erudition, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learning, literacy, scholarship; cosmopolitanism, sophistication, urbanity; breeding, genteelness, gentility, manners; class, elegance, grace, taste; civility, courteousness, courtesy, politenessNear Antonyms of accomplishment ignorance, illiteracy; parochialism, provincialism, rusticity, unsophistication; boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, coarseness, crudeness, vulgarityAntonyms of accomplishment barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism